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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of Muslim faithful broke the Fast during a high-profile Iftar dinner hosted by Stanbic Bank on Tuesday evening – March 18 at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel. The event, which gathered prominent leaders and the bank’s clients, celebrated the Holy month of Ramadan in …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Muslim holy month of Ramadan will officially begin on Saturday, March 1, following the sighting of the crescent moon, Dr. Ziyad Swalleh Lubanga, the Director of Sharia at the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC), announced. Dr. Lubanga confirmed that the moon, marking the …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Badru Wassajja Kiruuta has been named the new Greater Masaka Muslim Regional Kadhi. He replaces Sheikh Hamis Sulait Ssentongo, who resigned his responsibilities last month after serving for two years. Kiruuta’s appointment comes barely a year after he shifted his allegiance from the Uganda Muslim …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has quashed the resolutions made by some of the members of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council -UMSC General Assembly in 2023, in which they ousted the Mufti, Sheikh Shaban Mubajje, from office. In his judgement on Friday,  Justice Dr …

Hajj death toll tops 1,000 after extreme heat ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | The death toll from this year’s hajj had by June 21 exceeded 1,000, a tally by the international news agency AFP has said. More than half were unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Muslim in the Karamoja sub-region have demanded the establishment of a Regional Center from Islamic partners to strengthen their religion. This request was made during the annual Muslim Da’Wa conference-Ijtima held from May 24 to May 26, 2024, at Kakoliye Moslem Primary School in …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muslim clerics in the Busoga sub-region have hailed the Busoga Kingdom for promoting unity amongst the subjects. While holding a meeting aimed at strengthening ties between the Muslim community and the Kingdom, at Busoga Kingdom headquarters on Tuesday, the clerics said that the continued cooperation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked Chief Justice Alfonse Owinyi-Dollo to personally review a decision by the High Court and Court of Appeal allowing the actioning of properties belonging to the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council. In a letter dated December 7, written to Owinyi-Dollo, Museveni said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The association of Muslim Lawyers has dragged the Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje and businessman Justus Kyabahwa to court over what they described as the fraudulent sale of Muslim property. In a suit filed at the civil division of the High Court …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Saudah Namyalo Birabwa has broken through the proverbial glass ceiling to become the second Muslim female Associate Professor in Uganda. With her promotion last month, Professor Namyalo, who is the Dean of the School of Languages, Literature, and Communication at Makerere University, looks back at …